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New New Turkish Original bdg. HC. In special publisher's box. 4to. (34 x 34 cm). In Turkish. 240 p., color ills. Gökyüzü atlasi. Evrenin kesfi: Yildizlarla gezegenler arasinda bir yolculuk. A very heavy volume.
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original 1/4 leather bdg. with five compartments in spine. Gilt spine fully and traditionally. 16mo. (14 x 10 cm) In Ottoman script. 718 p. Only volume one. Hegira: 1308 = Gregorian: 1891. Husain al-Jisr was particularly interested in the religion-science and materialist claims. 'Hamidiyye' has been written by him about this issue. This work made him an important position in the eyes of Sultan II. Abdulhamid and the Islamic ulama (scholars). Not in Özege. Not found in OCLC. First and Only Edition. Set is 4 volumes. This is the first volume of set.
28 pages. Features: 1 out of 8 Canadians has been injured in a car accident; Einstein's 100th Birthday - article with photo; A day in the life of downhill ski racer (Crazy Canuck) Ken Read - article with photo; Job description of a model - article and photo of Jane Fellowes; A Jew in Germany - article by Mordecai Richler; Bright Lights of Broadway - Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg of the New York Rangers - article with photos; The Mystery of Pain; Sonic Bust - the British and French governments are scrapping the Concorde after 10 years, 16 planes and $2.5 billion; The evolving designs of food processors; Neil Simon - the good humour man - article with colour photo; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: in colour - Azaleas, a comet, royal treasures, and land reclamation; Kariba Dam; Mt. Palomar; The Expansion of the Universe, Part I of a science series; 1959 Motor Show; Hadrian's Wall; Benenden School; Vineyards in England; Libyan desert reclamation; Britain's Collieries; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Features: The Launching of the Oriana; The President's Tour; Theories of Cosmology - Part III of How Scientists Understand the Universe; Epsom College; The Greatest Discovery of Roman Gold Pieces since the Great Find at Arras, Including Unique Medallions of the Emperor Maxentius; Armaments Research Exhibition; Scotland Yard at Work; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Corio, Professore di Storia e Geografia nel R. Liceo Alessandro Manzoni di Milano - Indice delle illustrazioni 1(2) 30x22 cm., legatura in mezza tela con angoli, piatti marmorizzati, tutto in tonalit? verde, annata completa che mantiene tutti i frontespizi originali, (Titolo e testata nuovi) dal n. 1 del 15 gennaio al n. 24 del 31 dicembre 1896; dal n. 1 del 15 gennaio al n. 24 del 31 dicembre 1897, numerazione progressiva, Indice completo di ciascuno annata redatto per argomento, pp. VI (2) 384; VII (1), 384; 124 e 153 illustrazioni in nero in vari formati, nel testo, in italiano, su 2/3 colonne, buone condizioni. RARO
156 pages. Features: Interview with Christopher Alexander; Four Reviews and an overview of Christopher Alexander's 'The Nature of Order' - an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe; Going after the avant-garde - architectural aesthetics and the spirit of advertising; Architecture - biological form and artificial intelligence; Urban superconscious and the return of the garden myth; On the early sketches of Eric Mendelsohn; A view of berlin holocaust memorials; A treasure of Sullivan architectural ornament; Charles Biederman (1906-2004); Why Charles Biederman matters (to me); An imaginary dialogue between Kandinsky and Klee on Abstract art and nature; Florida Everglades; The color of art in nature's landscape; book reviews. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
54 pages. Articles: The U-Boat Menace - by Winston Churchill; The Private Life of One of the Prettiest Things on Legs - Carol Bruce from Brooklyn; My Old Kentucky Horse - some gay indiscretions by Bob Hope; What a Young Woman's Love Means to an Old Man - Renee Dahon is 40 years younger than her husband Maurice Maeterlinck; I Saw War's Hell in the Mountains of Albania; I Fought Joe Lewis with One Hand - This Time I'll Win! - Jewish Boxer Abe Simon. Short Stories: I Love You and Good-bye; Mr. Winters and the $10,000 Baby; Dear Ol' Deadline; Painless Extraction. Serials: War Girl - Part II; The Unobstructed Universe - Life Beyond the Grave- Part 4; Footloose - part 6. Ads: Great photo ad for Canadian War Savings Certificates features photo of dozens of kilted troops on the march; Mutual Life of Canada; Pepsodent Tooth Powder; Castoria laxative; Cameo Cigarettes; All-Bran Cereal; Colgate's Ribbon Dental Cream; Mum sanitary napkins; Grape-Nuts; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Stetson hats for men; Champion Spark Plugs; Sani-Flush; Nostalgic Three-colour back cover ad for Lifebuoy Soap. Nice cover illustration by John Murphy shows wealthy lady with mountain of luggage - and her exasperated porter. Average wear. Minor moisture exposure. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
52 pages. Features: Hitler's One Fear (Editorial); Why Hate the Man Who Gets Ahead?; The Norse are Going Back! - The Vikings of the Air prepare in Canada to drive the invading Nazis from their homeland abroad - with photos; Which Teams Will Win This Year's Pennants? - with photo of Eddie Joost; In Confidence - To Playwrights. Short Stories: Lady in Mink; Sally McCarthy and the Paths of Glory; The Good Neighbor. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe (Part I) - a 1941 document about life beyond the grave; ; Germany's Secret Plans for Invading England - (Part 4 of 4); Footloose! (part 3); In Action with the R.A.F. - Part IV - the thrilling fighting in England's sky. Ads: Plymouth Custom 4-Door Touring Sedan; Kellogg's All-Bran; Sal Hepatica; Auto-Lite; Kotex; Listerine - featuring illustration of black porter singing "I Got Them Whisk-Broom Blues"; Pard dog and cat food; Sani-Flush; Maxwell-House Coffee; Heinz Beans; Alka Seltzer; Barbara Stanwyck is featured in a Lux Toilet Soap ad; Band-Aid; Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Nice color back cover ad for Mercury underwear for men. Color cover photo of "Pliofilm Girl". Inside of both covers feature a photo promotion of Calgary, with photos of Mayor Andrew Davison, J.B. Cross, R.A. Brown, Frank R. Freeze, J.W. Caldwell, Robert Wilkinson, John Burns, Fred E. OSborne and Norman Priestley. Above-average wear. Contents moderately age-toned. Crossword partially completed in light pencil. Cover holding by one staple. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
50 pages. Features: Super color cover photo of Rita Hayworth; Two large black and white photos of Miss Universe, Armi Kuusela of Finland; You Can Be Healthier, Be Happier - follow this expert's rules for living in nature's four great worlds - photo-illustrated article including half-page black and white photo of a dozen or so boys skinny dipping at the "Ole swimming hole"; Abducted Women - Emotional photo-illustrated article on the over 500,000 women forcibly detained during the partition of India in 1947, some of whom are now being repatriated; The Duel - brief photo-illustrated article on Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered", as presented by the Ballets de Paris; Heaven on Earth - photo-illustrated article on a new sculpture symbolizing beauty and joy of life, The Fountain of Faith, recently unveiled at Falls Church, VA; I Was a Spy for Stalin - Nora Korzhenko Murray, an agent of the Soviet secret police, reveals her cloak-and-dagger career as a tool of the N.K.V.D. and a lure for Allied diplomats living in Moscow; Best photos of 1952; Babies in Jail - photo-illustrated article on babies born in jail to mothers who are pregnant when incarcerated; Flying Saucers - The Last Word! - exclusive interview with the world's best informed military man - Major General John A. Samford - on the world's most exciting modern mystery; Earl Wilson, America's 'Saloon Editor' picks his "Super-Six" - photos and brief write-ups of American beauties Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Van Deweel, Julie Wilson, Eva Gabor, Ava Gardner, and Virginia Mayo (no photo of her); Faith is a Star - belief in a benign and divine power is a refuge in a time of trouble; So Hot Soho - article on U.S. Jazz in London's Bohemian west end - with super photos of dancers in action; Hoop Houdini - Photo-illustrated article on Boston Celtic Bob Cousy (written by Curt Gowdy who went on to a great career in TV sports broadcasting); Great 3/4-page sexy photo of Rita Hayworth; Letters from readers; plus many great vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. PLEASE NOTE: lacking pages 33-34 which, we believe, contained the last page of the Flying Saucer article and a photo of Virginia Mayo. Otherwise, a sound vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Features: Great cover photo of an East German customs checkpoint at Berlin; Berlin Beleaguered - Today the population lives far better than when blockaded a decade ago but it feels a great unease generated by new Communist pressures; West Berlin Moods - photos of Berlin scenes; Labor's House Three Years After - anniversary of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. merger finds the union movement with some notable gains and a closetful of troubles; The 'Overwhelming' Robert Frost - At 84, the new poetry consultant to the Library of Congress looks like the symbol of a poet; What Went Wrong in Pakistan - Its sick parliamentary system has died - photo-illustrated article; How Balanchine Changed Ballet - something special has been achieved by the New York City Ballet, aged ten; The Oval Room - Eisenhoweriana; Messages From the Invisible Universe, by Arthur C. Clarke - Radio waves, reaching the earth from vast distances, are clues to a greater cosmos - with photo of the giant radio-telescope at Jodrell Bank, Manchester; Teaching the Young to Look - and See; Students in Search of Faith - Today's seminarians; Nice two-page color-photo ad for the Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico; Japan Turns Against the 'Gyangu' - crackdown on teen-age toughs; What Should a Man Tell His Wife?; Hottest Fighter in Town - Jose Torres; Lovely one-page color-photo ad for Jamaica features Mary Martin Halliday; The Care of the Reluctant Schoolboy; Play is Child's Work; Cookie Recipes; The Season for Springerle; Photos of fashionable rainwear for ladies; Photo feature of home designed by Richard Gordon to be child-proof; and more. 96 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus sensational fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Loaded with wonderful color and black and white photos. Features: Shiau Fang Fang, The Best of Shaolin Kung Fu, Jimping Ash, A Queen's Ransom, The Blazing Temple, War between Film and TV vs. Dept. of Cinema Censorship, Sylvia and Chin Chuan, Chen Chen and Patrick, Hsu Feng's Sweet Wedding Night, Chen Ping and Bao Li, Hu In Meng, Li Hsing, Chang Cheng and Liu Chia Leong, Chen Nei and Fu Shing, Tien Nei and Yuen Hua, Yin Nan See, Miss Universe Pageant 1976, and much more. Binding fragile as first page pages beginning to loosen, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
54 pages. Articles: What Hitler Told (Otto Strasser) About Peace; Up North - There's Mystery! - Intriguing photo-illustrated article of a mystery village on Canada's arctic front where men labour to produce power to produce warplanes; William S. Knudsen - Master Mechanic of Democracy's Defense - U.S. Arms production and the man behind it; I Start All Over Again - Alice Foote MacDougall opens a restaurant in Grand Central Station; How Clark Gable Created a New Hedy Lamarr; Baseball's Topsy Grows Up - Softball has risen from zero to 20,000,000 players; Arctic Eagle - Squadron Leader C.M.G. Farrell of the R.C.A.F. Serials: The Unobstructed Universe - life beyond the grave, part II; Footloose! - part 4; In Action with the R.A.F. - Conclusion; Short Stories: I'll Never Leave You; The Bell That Sang for Love; Rich Man. Ads: Nice photo ad inside front cover features large photo of Windsor's Norton Palmer Hotel, with inset photo of its CEO Preston D. Norton; Nice three-color, two-page ad for Chevrolet;; Frigidaire fridges; Eveready batteries; Brain Flakes; Canadian Pacific's Banff. Fantastic back cover photo ad for War Savings Certificates features dozens of kilted troops on the march. Cover photo of boy pulling girl's ponytail in classroom. Average wear. Crossword lcompleted in light pencil. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
92 pages. Features: Nikita Khrushchev and 'Doctor Zhivago' - the Pasternak case underlies Moscow's dilemma - to give intellectuals freedom to produce what the regime needs - and yet to keep them on a strong leash; As the Guns Fell Silent - photos of celebration from 40 years ago when the guns of WWI fell silent; Shrunken Heads - and Shrunken Minds - man has yet to overcome his trust in fetishes in his personal and political life; Why They Cheer for (Jimmy) Hoffa - James R. Hoffa has emerged from the attacks upon him stronger than ever; The Trans-Brazillian Highway; Urban Ruin - or Urban Renewal? - the time for decision is now; Ten Best Plays for an American repoertory theatre; Changing Visions of the Universe; Coach with Winning Ways - Oklahoma's Charles Burnham Wilkinson; Now a Varsity Letter for Scholarship; New York's Commuter Ferries; New Lands From Old - the Netherlands reclaims thousands of acres from the sea; "Chosen" Children - a Fresh Look; Ham - The Country Way; 'American' in Paris - home fashion; Patterns on the Snow - fashion; Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Some yellowing with age. A sound vintage copy. Book
Reveu, & augment? en quatri?me Edition, de plusieurs Remarques, & Figures - L'Autheur au Lecteur - Le Libraire au Lecteur - Table des Longitudes...principales villes de l'Univers, avec leursblongitudes & latitudes - 1 15,2x9,2 cm., legatura ottocentesca in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, fregi e titolo in su tassello, pp. (10) 324. 79 tavole fuori testo, di cui 10 tabelle, (numerazione si ferma a 70 per che alcune son contrassegnate con stesso numero ma con lettera), altre numerose tabelle nel testo, testatine, capilettera e finalini, in lingua francese, segni d'uso, strappo con mancanza ad una tavola, manca l'antiporta, discreto esemplare, ex libris
4 19,5x12,5 cm, legatura editoriale, titolo calligrafico su tassello al dorso, pagg. CVI, 236; 356; 320; 144; marginose con barbe e in parte anche intonse, alcune con brunitura, testo in italiano, buone condizioni.
De Sphaera (Sphaerae coelestis et planetarum desriptio). Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena (α.X.2.14 = Lat.209). Il Bulino 2010. Facsimile di uno dei più bei manoscritti miniati di astrologia (metà XV secolo). Il miniatore Christoforo de Predis rappresenta i diversi aspetti della vita quotidiana con scene che sono nell’ambito del tema principale: i pianeti. Legatura in pelle rossa con, sul primo piatto, lo stemma dei Visconti-Sforza. Formato 17x25. Pagine 32. Commentario, in italiano, a cura di Venturi Gianni, Bellingeri Luca, Lazzi Giovanna, Battini Annalisa, Bertozzi Marco, Incerti Manuela. Cofanetto di custodia in seta blu con impressioni in oro. Tiratura limitata e numerata di 950 copie. Condizione come nuovo